Nokia Growth Partners secures $350M fund for Internet of Things

Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) has raised $350 million fund for investments in Internet of Things (IoT) companies. The fund is sponsored by Nokia and will serve to seek new opportunities to grow the ecosystem in IoT solutions. The latest round of funding brings NGP’s total assets under management to over USD 1 billion, including USD 500 million available for new investments.

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Lenovo Yoga 710, Yoga 510 convertibles and ideapad MIIX 310 2-in-1 tablet announced

Lenovo has officially announced two new convertible laptops dubbed as Yoga 710 and 510 in the Yoga series. The company has also unveiled affordable ideapad MIIX 310 2-in-1 tablet at the event.

 

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Samsung Gear 360 VR Camera with dual fisheye lenses goes official

Samsung has officially announced the Gear 360, its first 360 degree virtual reality camera as expected. It comes with dual fisheye lenses, both of which have 15 megapixel image sensors and can capture high-resolution (3840×1920) 360-degree video that also supports 30 megapixel still images.

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HP Elite X3 with Windows 10, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM announced

HP has officially announced its first Windows 10 phone Elite X3, as expected. The Elite X3 sports a 5.96-inch AMOLED display with quad HD 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution with Gorilla Glass on top.

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HTC Vive VR headset will cost $799, shipping in April

HTC has officially announced the consumer edition of Vive VR, its first virtual reality headset at MWC 2016. The company has teamed up with video game developer Valve for the VR headset which uses Valve’s Steam VR technology.

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ZTE Spro Plus Android powered portable projector announced

ZTE has announced a portable smart projector called as Spro Plus, its newest device in the Spro line. The Spro Plus offers voice conference, projection, touch-screen and improved visual design features. The external USB camera enables multi-party video communication via applications like Skype

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Xolo Era 4K Photo Gallery

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Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series earlier this week. We have already seen the unboxing and first impressions of the phone so now let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the phone in this photo gallery.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch Details, LG G5 B&O Play and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

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Worldwide mobile shipment soars 9.7% in Q4 2015: Report

Worldwide smartphone sales hit 403 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 9.7 percent increase over the same period in 2014, according to latest report from Gartner, Inc. However, the research firm said that this was their slowest growth rate since 2008.

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Facebook said to bring ads inside Messenger soon

Facebook is eyeing to bring advertisements to Messenger in Q2 2016, as per a leaked document that was obtained by Tech Crunch. As per the documents, ads will only appear in message threads with businesses and businesses being able to serve ads to people who previously initiated a chat with them via Messenger.

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Qualcomm and Lenovo ink 3G and 4G China Patent License deal

Qualcomm and Lenovo have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, which covers devices marketed by both Motorola and Lenovo. As per the agreement, Qualcomm has granted Lenovo a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM), complete devices.

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